Cleaning keyboard

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:39 pm

When I was in school, my teacher told us it was ok to throw our keyboard in the washing machine to clean it. Has anyone ever heard of that and actually done it?

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Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:57 pm

I've heard of that for floppy drives.....I think I've heard of that for keyboards. The key is, as long as you dry them fully before putting them back in. Most keyboards are rather water resistant, rubber membranes below the keys.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:31 pm

I've heard its ok in the dish washer, as long as its just water, no soap or jet-dry stuff.

And yes it must be totally dried out 100% before power hits it.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:56 pm

yeah I've cleaned a keyboard out by running it under running tap water then drying it out for like 2-3 days..but as said ya gotta make 100% sure its dry before plugging it up.

YoshiMon · Post by **YoshiMon** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 2:49 pm

Likely a semantics thing but I'd never want to put my hardware in a washing machine (for clothing). But yeah in a dish washer, on the top rack with the drying element turned off, can be ok for most things. And of course as everyone has said make sure it's good and dried out before use.

Thou it would be fun to see a bunch of hardware on the spin cycle heh heh heh.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:38 pm

Oops..yeah...."Dishwasher"...I speed read right through washing machine (clothes).

Actually I recall hearing it for when I went to A+ Hardware cert....err...many..many years ago.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:20 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote: Actually I recall hearing it for when I went to A+ Hardware cert....err...many..many years ago.

Jesus, how many years are we talking, Cat? lol